GOP hopefuls really want that Tebow endorsement

posted at 3:05 pm on January 12, 2012 by Tina Korbe

No doubt about it, the GOP presidential candidates have Tebowmania. Every candidate except Jon Huntsman has at one time or another made a reference to Tebow or had such a reference made for him by a supporter. Often, those references amount to straight-up comparisons. You know, “Tim Tebow’s success was unexpected and so shall mine be.” That sort of comparison.

Apparently, they weren’t just talking for the sake of talking; a number of the candidates have explicitly asked Tebow for his endorsement, the quarterback told the Associated Press Sunday. Which candidates? The Mile High Messiah won’t say. But it doesn’t look like anyone will be able to tout the endorsement of America’s favorite athlete anytime soon:

He declined their offers. …

“I think you have to have so much trust in who you support, just from product endorsements to endorsing a candidate,” Tebow said, “because if that person or company does something [bad], it reflects on you.”

Tebow is staying mum, making the identity of his Republican political suitors the inside-the-beltway guessing game of the week.

Would it even matter? Would a Tebow endorsement of Rick Perry, for example, enable the Texas governor to leapfrog Romney, Gingrich and Santorum to win South Carolina? Probably not. But endorsements are a little like baseball cards; they’re fun to collect. They’re also something to brag about long after the primaries are over. “Maybe I didn’t win the nomination, but at least I earned Tim Tebow’s support.”

Silence on endorsements is the way to go. But he should add that all eligible Americans should register to vote. And while he’s at it, he might include a plug for voter ID laws because no voter should have his vote offset by the fraud committed by another.

Everybody but Huntswoman wanted TEBOW? The mirror, gets in Huntme’s way?
Newt probably was not one of them- He wants that national champion baseball player, Tebow something!
Santy, probably did’nt ask either. He does not probably like people who work on Sunday!

I have my own meter to calibrate enthusiasm. My wife was completely tuned out of the 2008 race until Palin jumped in and then she was there to the end.

Same with Tebow. She is as excited to see him play this weekend as she is to cheer on the Texans. May be a problem is both teams win. She grinned for an hour last Sunday night after he tossed that TD in overtime.

Rick Santorum could get the nod because he is from the Pittsburgh area. Tebow just whooped our Stillers, so I think Rick should appeal to Tebow’s emotions by playing up that he is a fan of pitiful, lackluster playoff game losers.

0bama’s people approached Tebow for his endorsement during the Presidential campaign in 2008 and he refused. I attended a football game on the Gainesville, FL campus late that Fall and was amazed and gratified by the lack of 0bama signage and the overwhelming amount of McCain/Palin signs. While 0bama did go on to win in Gainesville/Alachua County, I was heartened by the number of college kids who could see through the Taupe Dope. Tebow was bigger than life at UF and I’ve often wondered if his declining 0bama’s request had, in fact, influenced a significant number of students who would have otherwise been glassy eyed 0bamites. I believe that it did.

As much as I love watching people eat their words with Tebow… As a fellow believer my hope is that Tim doesn’t endorse either party or candidate and keeps endorsing Jesus and taking a stand for Jesus. No reason for him to get political will just take away from the impact he is having for Jesus!

Sorry, but that, or any other, endorsement is not gonna make me likely to vote for any candidate.

Yesterday I read about a poll naming Tebow as America’s favorite active athlete. I also heard an ESPiN commentator denying that the network is in the tank for Tebow and is over-hyping him. But looky here: ESPiN did that poll. Duh! I bet the phrasing bias of that poll question would put to shame the bias of questions asked by shamestream media at GOP debates.

It’s not Tebow who bothers me, it’s the Obama-like fawning Tebow-worshippers who do–it’s like 2008 all over again.

I’m no Tom Brady or Patriots fan, but I’m rooting for them Saturday just to make the Tebow nuisance go away, at least for now.

When God-fearing Tim Tebow and Golden Boy Tom Brady [stats] square off in what experts predict will be a ratings-busting rematch of December’s Patriots beatdown of the Broncos, we’ll see more than Tebow’s scrambling leather helmet-era quarterback vs. Brady’s disciplined, omniscient power passing.